Collaborative+Projects+Resources

Collaboration Resources
 * [|CILC]
 * [|Skype in the Classroom]
 * [|Skype an Author Network]
 * [|CISCO Connected Learning Exchange]

Project Based Learning Resources
 * [|Buck Institute Education]
 * [|Edutopia]
 * [|PBL Online]
 * Checklist with page references

Videoconferencing Resources

Videoconferencing – Interactive Television Minnesota Internet 2 Users’ Group [|http://groups.google.com/group/**mninternet2**] http://mnmysteryquest.wikispaces.com/ http://mnwellnessquest.wikispaces.com/ The Minnesota Mystery Quest and Minnesota Wellness Quest are projects that the MUG group plans for the spring and fall. For the Mystery Quest, classrooms work together in pairs or trios to research a location in Minnesota and try to guess which place each class has researched. For the Wellness Quest, classes research different aspects of wellness and present their findings to the other classes.
 * 1) Minnesota Mystery Quest – Fall
 * 1) Minnesota Wellness Quest – Spring

Content Providers – Minnesota Interactive Learning and Collaboration (MILC)

Minnesota Historical Society [|http://www.mnhs.org] Tami Moehring – tami.moehring@mnhs.org Science Museum of Minnesota [|http://www.smm.org] Sylvia Crannell – scrannel@smm.org Minnesota Zoo [] Galen Sjostrom – gsjostrom@gmail.com Schubert Center for the Arts Perpich Center for the Arts [] Diane Aldis – daldis@gmail.com Climb Theatre [] International Wolf Center [] Tara Johnson – tjohnson@wolf.org Best Prep [] Bonnie Vagasky – bvagasky@bestprep.org Hennepin Theater Trust [|http://www.hennepintheatretrust.org] Melissa Koch – Melissa.koch@hennepintheatretrust.org Department of Natural Resources – Tower Soudan Mine [] James Pointer – james.pointer@state.mn.us Minnesota Education Telecommunications Networks (METN) [|http://www.metn.k12.mn.us] MacPhail Center for the Arts [] Chris Waterbury – Waterbury.chris@macphail.org Guest speakers for classrooms Public Libraries Legacy Fund Programs TIES has videoconferencing codecs you can borrow for activities on the short term. Mary Mehsikomer, Technology Integration Development & Outreach Facilitator TIES (651) 999-6510 mary.mehsikomer@ties.k12.mn.us

Group Collected Resources
MN Learning Loop - Database of free teacher resources aligned to MN state content standards
 * @http://learningloop.informns.k12.mn.us

Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Nat'l organization advocating 21st Century readiness in education
 * @http://www.p21.org
 * Check "Tools & Resources -> Publications" on the web site for ICT Standards in content areas and other useful resources

TED: Technology, Education & Design - Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
 * @http://www.ted.org
 * Dan Meyer - Math Class Needs a Curriculum Makeover: @http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html

Flipped Class Network - network of teachers using recorded videos to teach "homework" in advance of the F2F classroom activities
 * @http://vodcasting.ning.com/

Target Field Trip Grants
 * http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880